Research: Brief Report: Perception of Body Posture – What Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Might be Missing

Authored by Reed, CL, Beall PM, Stone VE, Kopelioff L., Pulham DJ, and Hepburn SL in J Autism Dev Disord, Volume 37, Issue 8, p. 1576-1584, (2007).

Article summary (posted Jan 30, 2008):

People with autism should be taught how to read body posture and facial expressions.

People with autism seem to have trouble seeing facial emotions and body posture. This study looked to see whether adults with autism have problems with understanding photos of houses and faces and bodies that are upside down. The authors found that adults with autism have trouble reading emotions from faces that are upside down. They had even more problems, however, reading body posture when photos of bodies were shown to them upside down. The authors suggest that people with autism may need therapy that focuses on body postures and not just facial expressions.

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adults with autism, autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), body language, face processing therapy, posture, read, therapy
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